#1 Contender Battle Royal Announced For Next Week's NXT

This week on NXT we have seen WWE NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai defeated Shotzi Blackheart in a non-title match. It was good effort by Blackheart to take Io Shirai to her limits but at end Shirai picked up the win.

After the match NXT manager William Regal annouced the Battle Royal will take  place next week Wednesday nights and winner will be going to challenge Io Shirai for NXT Women's Title.

They also revealed the Superstars who going to participate in the Battle Royal include Blackheart, Kacy Catanzaro, Indi Hartwell, Aliyah, Dakota Kai, Candice LeRae, Rhea Ripley, Tegan Nox, Raquel Gonzalez, Kayden Carter, and Xia Li.

It's likely that the Battle Royal winner will challenge Io Shirai for her title at NXT Takeover on Sunday October 4th.

NEXT WEDNESDAY at 8/7c on @USA_Network: There will be a No. 1 Contender #BattleRoyal to determine who will challenge @shirai_io for the #WWENXT #WomensTitle! pic.twitter.com/2ElVrzJynU

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 17, 2020